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“Grapevine Fires” by Death Cab for Cutie
From the album Narrow Stairs (2008)
“Grapevine Fires” by Death Cab for Cutie appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album Narrow Stairs. Its best result is #10 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 2009.
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"Grapevine Fires" comes from Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie's sixth studio album, which arrived in 2008, and Atlantic sent it out as the record's fourth single in February 2009. Benjamin Gibbard, Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr share the writing credit, and Chris Walla mixed it.
McGerr's drumming is the engine here. He modeled the beat on the Purdie Shuffle, though he's careful to call his part an emulation of that famous groove rather than a copy. The song gave the band their sixth entry on Billboard's modern rock chart, where it peaked at twenty-one, and it found a second life on screen and on record: NBC's Heroes used it in the episode "Ink", and it turned up on the 2009 compilation Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 84 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 | 91 |
| 2009 | 40 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 20 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 47 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 20 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 | 51 |
| 2009 | 31 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2009 | 94 |
| 2009 | 67 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 | 88 |
| 2009 | 10 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 74 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 16 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 | 96 |
Also listed as: Grapevine Fire.
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